CHAPTER 2.2 Environmental Policy

CHAPTER 2.2 Environmental Policy

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label that identifies products approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Purchasing products with this label helps lower energy bills, conserve energy and lower greenhouse gas emissions

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helps ensure that farmers in developing nations receive fair prices and encourage sustainable farming methods

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Which is an example of an external cost?

• raw materials

• wages

• depleted natural resources

• electricity payments

What is Environmental Policy?

• Policy: A formal set of general plans and principles for addressing problems and guiding decision making

  • Environmental Policy focuses on interactions between people and the environment

• Modern Environmental policy aims to achieve the following things

  • Protect Environmental Quality

  • Protect Natural Resources

  • Ensure that Resources are shared fairly

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is the formal set of plans and principles for addressing problems and guiding decision-making.

• Policy

• ecolabel

• government

• all of these

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Which of the following is not a goal of modern environmental policy?

• Protect the Environmental Quality

• Ensure that Resources are shared Fairly

• Protect Natural Resources

• Repopulate endangered species

• Environmental policy is formed from government interactions with citizens, organizations, and businesses

• Requires input from science, ethics, and economics

  • Science gives information and analysis that identify problems and possible solutions

  • Ethics and economics help in assessing solutions for how practical they are

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Select all the groups involved with shaping Environmental Policy.

• Government

• Citizens

• Businesses

• Organizations

Environmental Policy in the United States

• The United States is a good focus for understanding environmental policy worldwide

  • Has pioneered many environmental policies that have been used as models in other countries

• The policy involves all three branches of the government, as well as Individual States

The Legislative Branch
*Made up of Congress

• The House of Representatives and The Senate

• The formation of policy begins when a proposed law is introduced to the legislative branch

  • can enter either the House of Representatives or the Senate

  • The bill is voted for in both houses of Congress

    • If passed, it is sent to the executive branch

    • There are a total of 535 Members of Congress. 100 serve in the U.S. Senate and 435 serve in the U.S. House of Representatives

​The Executive Branch

• Legislation passed by Congress is either approved or vetoed by the President

  • If Vetoed can be reworked by Congress for another pass

• Once passed, the proposal becomes a law and is assigned to an executive agency to enforce it

  • Environmental protective Agency

The Judicial Branch

• Consists of both the lower courts and the Supreme Court

  • Cases have to work their way up before being heard by the Supreme Court

  • Review laws to ensure that they are being applied

    • Make sure agencies comply with laws

    • Make sure laws do not overstep their boundaries

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State and Local Policy

• The state and local levels of government are capable of creating their laws that can influence environmental policy

  • Laws can not overide the Constitution or other Federal laws

• In general, states that have experienced environmental catastrophes have more strict environmental laws.

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The Executive branch of the United States Government includes

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

• The President

• The Supreme Court

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If people feel a law is unjust/overstepping its boundaries, where should they first go to try and have it overturned?

• Local representatives or lawmakers
• Social media campaigns
• A public protest
• The Supreme Court

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True or False: Only the Federal Government can enact environmental policy.

• False
• Only international organizations can create environmental policies.
• Environmental policy can only be enacted by local governments.
• True

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• Made up of Congress- The House of Representatives and The Senate

• The Supreme Court
• The Executive Branch
• Legislative

• The Cabinet

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the proposal becomes a law and is assigned to which executive agency of the environment will enforce it?

• Department of Energy(DOE)

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)